Council

Following the Local Government election in May 2007, Glasgow City Council comprises 79 elected Members, representing 21 multi-member wards of 3 or 4 members. The current political make-up of the Council is 46 Labour, 22 Scottish National Party, 5 Liberal Democrats, 5 Scottish Green Party and 1 Conservative.

Following a review of its decision-making arrangements, the Council, in March 2006, approved a new decision-making structure, which is now based on an Executive Committee and 5 Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees.

The Council has also retained regulatory type committees such as Licensing and Planning plus a small number of other committees. 

A series of briefing notes has been produced on the Council's decision-making arrangements and these can be accessed via the links below.

Briefing Note 1 - Council and Committees

Briefing Note 2 - Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees

Briefing Note 3 - Call-in Process

The Council has also approved guidleines for the operation of Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees and these can also be downloaded by following this link

Guidelines for Policy Development and Scrutiny Committees

Details of committee remits are set out in the Terms of Reference.  The Scheme of Delegated Functions describes the functions of the Council that have been delegated to officers (the staff of the Council, as opposed to its Elected Members) to carry out.

To view the revised procedural documents approved on 17th May 2007 by which the Council operates please follow the links below:

Council and Committee Standing Order (PDF 95kb)  

Committee Terms of Reference (PDF 125kb) 

Scheme of Delegated Functions (PDF 177kb)  

Financial Regulations (PDF 104kb)  

Standing Orders Relating to Contracts (PDF 112kb)